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Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
Accelerated Mobile Pages Project, Backed By Google, Promises Faster Pages — Google, along with Twitter, is expected to announce a new open initiative aimed at making pages load more quickly on mobile devices, a counter to moves by Facebook & Apple. — Wouldn't you like to have stuff …
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VentureBeat, Guardian, Search Engine Land, @dannysullivan, @dannysullivan, @jtoonkel, The Content Strategist and Inside PageFair
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Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Google's AMP code available on GitHub as of Thursday, The Guardian, Washington Post, Vox, and others already using it — Google has a new plan to speed up the mobile web. Today, the company announced a technical preview for a system called Accelerated Mobile Pages (or AMP) …
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Fortune, CNNMoney, TechCrunch, Telegraph, Re/code, The Next Web and Official Google Blog
Josh Kosman / New York Post:
Sources: Media General drops plans to buy Meredith for $2.4B — Media General drops bid to acquire Meredith — Media General's $2.4 billion agreement to acquire Meredith Corp. is dead, two sources close to the deal said. — One day after The Post reported exclusively …
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TVSpy, FishbowlNY, Media Wire Daily, Talking New Media and GoLocalProv.com
Lisa Campbell / Bookseller News:
Waterstones, the UK's largest book retailer, removes Kindles as sales continue to decline — Waterstones is removing Kindles from stores — Waterstones is removing Amazon's Kindle devices from many of it stores as sales “continue to be pitiful”. — The company's m.d James Daunt …
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Guardian, Telegraph, Good E-Reader, Telecompaper, Ars Technica UK, @stuartdredge, TrustedReviews, Bookseller News, Engadget and Publishers Lunch
New York Times:
New York Attorney General opens inquiry into fantasy sports sites, asks DraftKings and FanDuel for internal data and details on how they prevent fraud — New York Attorney General Opens Inquiry Into Fantasy Sports Sites — The New York attorney general began an inquiry Tuesday into the prospect …
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Forbes, Legal Sports Report, Business Insider, VatorNews, The Hill, FSTA, Deadspin, SBNation.com, CalvinAyre.com, FanDuel Newsroom, NBC News, Engadget and ThinkProgress
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Alan Clendenning / Associated Press:
Digital news site El Español launches Wednesday in Spain, led by Pedro J. Ramirez, who was ousted from El Mundo last year — Legendary Spanish editor launching new digital publication — 4 photos — MADRID (AP) — The legendary Spanish newspaper editor is flush with 18 million euros …
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Matt Burns / TechCrunch:
Pandora Acquires Ticketfly For $450m In A Bid To Sell Tickets To Live Music Shows — Pandora has a new tool in its belt to fight against Apple Music and Spotify. The music streaming just announced it will purchase Ticketfly, a TicketMaster-type site, for $450m in cash and stock.
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New York Times, Re/code, Business Wire, CNET, Talking New Media, Music Ally, Billboard, Seeking Alpha, Business Insider and Radio Ink Magazine
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Johnston Press announces closures of 11 free titles to focus on ‘digital offering’ — Johnston Press has announced the closures of 11 free newspapers. The regional publisher has axed eight free print titles in the Midlands and folded a further three into paid-for titles in the North West and South.
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Johnston Press plc, @pressgazette, HoldTheFrontPage and Reuters
Emily Nussbaum / New Yorker:
As TV evolves, viewers struggle with whether to embrace or resist its commercialism — The Price Is Right — Ever since the finale of “Mad Men,” I've been meditating on its audacious last image. Don Draper, sitting cross-legged and purring “Ommmm,” is achieving inner peace at an Esalen-like retreat.
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The Awl, @freddiedeboer, @kbandersen, @pomeranian99, @michele866 and @sethdmichaels
ProPublica:
Verizon merges its cellphone tracking supercookies with AOL's ad network, will be able to match users' online habits with personal details — Verizon's Zombie Cookie Gets New Life — Verizon is giving a new mission to its controversial hidden identifier that tracks users of mobile devices.
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TechCrunch, Verizon FiOS & Custom TV, Marketing Land, Techdirt, The Next Web, The Verge, Engadget and SlashGear
Alex Spence / Politico:
EU publishers push European Commission to enact rules entitling them to compensation from news aggregators and search engines — EU newspaper barons push Brussels to bash Google — Industry wages an uphill battle against Silicon Valley giants. — LONDON — Battered by the transition …
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@politicoeurope
Wall Street Journal:
Increasing concerns about Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone's health raise succession questions; seven-person trust will control Viacom and CBS after his death — Battle Brews Atop Media Giant Viacom — Concern about health of Chairman Sumner Redstone sparks questions over who will succeed him
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New York Times, Poynter, @jbflint, @richbtig, @keachhagey, @asharma, @keachhagey, @pkafka, @joshsternberg and @edmundlee
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Twitter Moments Are Like Snapchat's Live Stories, Except They're on Twitter — Let's say you're a person who doesn't care about Twitter's stock price, org chart or MAU growth. What's the best way to describe “Moments,” the new multimedia feature the company launched today? — It's like Snapchat's Live Stories.
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Ad Age, Re/code, @brianstelter, @jank0, TechCrunch, Digiday, App Advice and E&
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